How Much is that Doggie in the Window?

Suckers need sticks. I found eight sticks. Little black and white sticks with wiggly tails and floppy ears and puppy breath. They’re just waiting for suckers to come along and latch on.

I will not be a sucker…I will not be a sucker…I will not be a sucker…

Oooooo….but they’re soooo cute!

I will not be a sucker….I will not be a sucker… I will not be a…

Ahhhh….look at that little on on the right all stretched out and falling asleep while she’s still standing up!

I will not be a sucker…I will not be a sucker…I will not be…

Stop it…stop telling me to look into your eyes!

I will not be a sucker! I will not be a sucker! I will not…

Uh-oh…I think I’m in love…

And look at this good mamma dog! So patient as they latch onto her and stretch her poor bosoms totally out of shape, not worried in the least about whether or not the boy dogs will find her attractive once she’s finished feeding eight feisty pups…

You’re a good mommy, Babe!

That’s gotta hurt!

Don’t you just want to pick them up and snuggle them and let them kiss your face till it’s wet all over? Can you imagine what it must be like to have them tickle the inside of your ear with their little noses? Wouldn’t you just love to come home and lay on the floor and let one pounce with glee all over you and snuffle around in your hair and beg you to throw the ball just one more time??? Don’t you wish they had scratch and sniff computer screens so you could smell the puppy breath?

Lookie all the suckers I’ve got here! Even the City Boy…although he came home from work claiming someone stole his phone at work and responded. I’m not buying that for a minute.

But folks, I simply cannot bring home another herding dog. However, if you’d like me to ship one off to your house… 🙂 They belong to my friend Janet, and Babe is a super talented Border Collie who was bred to another incredible sheep dog; these babies are going to excel with livestock!

jan jan, welcome! You’ve been missing a lot of silliness. Carpenter Creek runs through my backyard up here in the great northWET in Washington State. Glad you managed to find your way!

Whoa! On the opposite end of the universe, well, almost – might as well be… and just when I was gearing myself up to come get one of those puppies – I just LOVE Border collies, but then the only thing to “herd” around here at Possum Lane right now are goldfinches and sparrows and the occasional overload of grackles. I have a feeling the cats would not take to herding. But they are precious babies, Border collies. I love Shelties, too.
I have been told I have a big sign out front that says “Sucker Lives Here” but only cats and possums can read it. So it seemed appropriate that I should find your blog on a Sucker post! Come visit me at http://possumlane.blogspot.com/.

LOL…Zwartble puppies! Why didn’t I think of that??? Bruce is the little guy chewing on my shoelace…I liked him. Or he liked me. Or maybe he just was using me as a way to stay out of the kennel while all his brothers and sisters were there?

WANNAWANNA PUPPPEEEEEE!!!! I’ve trained a couple of working sheepdogs in my time – a Red Cloud Kelpie and a Border Collie, and BCs are beeeaaauuuutiful and so much fun, they have such big hearts if you so much as frown at them they turn into a puddle of whimpering apology. You have to use a positive reinforcemnt training method otherwise you crush their sweet souls; but oh then be rewarded a billion times over. The family BC lives with my parents now, he’s 15 which is old for a BC but is just as fun and energetic as ever. Pleasepleaseplease GET ONE since you have the space! Then we can have doggy and sheepy and horsey pics, what more could we want? [I’d grab one except I’m in Oz and my two Maine Coon Cats might eat him … ]